CVE-2024-43572

HIGH7.8

CISA KEV

Published 2024-10-08 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com

Summary

CVE-2024-43572 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 8, 2024, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 29, 2024. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Microsoft Management Console Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-707

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Microsoft — Windows

Name: Microsoft Windows Management Console Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Date added: 2024-10-08 · Due: 2024-10-29

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

References

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